The album features classics like Elton John‘s Your Song, (They Long to Be) Close To You written by Burt Bacharach and performed by The Carpenters, How Deep Is Your Love? by the Bee Gees, Here, There and Everywhere by The Beatles, And I Love You So by Perry Como, Until It’s Time for You to Go by Elvis Presley and Both Sides Now by Judy Collins.

This is Panton’s 7th album on the 2xHD Mastering label at NativeDSD.  It is exclusively available at NativeDSD in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 128, DSD 64 and FLAC 96k along with Stereo DSD 256, FLAC DXD and FLAC 192k.

Diana Panton, Vocals 
Reg Schwager, Guitar 
Don Thompson, Bass, Piano & Vibes 

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Based in southwestern France, the group was born out of Kyekyeku’s desire to collaborate with musicians from diverse backgrounds such as Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Jazz, Funk, and even Ambient Rock. Their strength lies in their shared passion for the energy and intricate polyrhythms of African music, as well as their ability to invite audiences to dance.

Ah! Kwantou’s music draws from African folk and trance. At times light and popular, at times powerful and profound, it navigates between Pop and Highlife, Afrobeat, and Caribbean.

Ah! Kwantou
Kyekyeku, Guitar & Lead Vocals
Kevin Bucquet, Bass & Backup Vocals
Fred Faure, Drums & Backup Vocals
Paul Vernheres, Guitar & Backup Vocals
Thierry Faroppa,  Percussions & Backup Vocals
Jean Vernheres, Saxophone
Fabien Durou, Trumpet

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This new version features an Analog Tape to DXD transfer by Rene Laflamme at 2xHD Mastering.  It is available in Stereo DSD 512,  DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64, DXD, FLAC 192k and FLAC 96k from NativeDSD Music. 

The album includes liner notes by acclaimed music writer A. Scott Galloway and an essay about the Childe Harold by former Washington Post music critic Richard Harrington. Plus interviews with artists who knew or were inspired by Al Jarreau including Nile Rodgers, Dionne Warwick, Will Downing, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Marcus Miller.

The album includes 5 Songs Never Before On a Live Al Jarreau Recording including James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” and Count Basie’s “Shiny Stockings,” plus his early takes on “Take Five” and “You Don’t See Me”.

This exhilarating driving performance highlights Jarreau at an amazing time in his career, swinging for the fences.

Al Jarreau, Vocals
Tom Canning, Piano
Ben Atkins, Bass
Tom Drake, Drums

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2020 NativeDSD Album of the Year Nominee – Solo Guitar

Bucky Pizzarelli was a legendary Jazz Guitarist.  He was the father of Jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staff member for Dick Cavett (1971) and for ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians he collaborated with includes Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Stéphane Grappelli, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. Pizzarelli cited as influences Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps.

Bucky Pizzarelli: The Early Years is a double album that features two of his earliest albums Green Guitar Blues (Tracks 1-9) and The Cafe Pierre Trio (Tracks 10-18) with a fine collection of standards.  The album features Tangerine by Johnny Mercer, Satin Doll by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Johnny Mercer, Cry Me A River and Girl Talk by Neal Hefti and Bobby Troup, I Don’t Know How To Love Him by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life by Michel Legrand and Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Dreamsville by Henry Mancini, The Summer Knows (Theme From Summer of ’42) by Marilyn and Alan Bergman, and many more.

The album is an Analog Tape to DXD Transfer by Rene Laflamme at 2xHD using the album master tapes from Jazzology Records.  It appears in all of our Stereo DSD bit rates, including an exclusive Stereo DSD 512 edition created by NativeDSD Mastering Engineer Tom Caulfield using the Signalyst HQ Player Pro 4 mastering tools and its “EC” modulators.

Bucky Pizzarelli – Guitar

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Dave Brubeck Redux was recorded ‘off-the-floor’ to 2 Track Analog Tape at 15 ips, using the purest audiophile analog techniques, capturing the energy and joy of three brilliant young musicians playing together as one, seizing the well-known compositions and making them freshly their own.

The L.A. Network project was born as a collaboration between two veteran recording engineers and producers – 2xHD’s president André Perry and Resonance Records’ president George Klabin – with the idea of creating a high-end rendition of Dave Brubeck’s most memorable compositions.

Perry and Klabin have collaborated on many projects over the last 5 years, including high-res remastering of famous albums by Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Jaco Pastorius, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, and others.

Los Angeles (L.A.) is one of the great music centers of America, with a vast pool of outstanding jazz musicians and singers. The Dave Brubeck Redux album is the first of a projected series of audiophile L.A. Network recordings which will be performed by various musicians and released in high-resolution download formats including Stereo DSD at NativeDSD.

The L.A. Network
Josh Nelson – Piano, Arranger
Alex Frank – Bass
Ryan Shaw – Drums

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2xHD Vinyl are sourced from first generation analog recordings without any digital corruption, mastered by René Laflamme, cut all analog at Bernie Grundman Mastering Lab, and pressed in 200g vinyl at 45RPM.

The L.A. Network project was born as a collaboration between two veteran recording engineers and producers – 2xHD’s president André Perry and Resonance Records’ president George Klabin – with the idea of creating a high-end rendition of Dave Brubeck’s most memorable compositions.

Perry and Klabin have collaborated on many projects over the last 5 years, including high-res remastering of famous albums by Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Jaco Pastorius, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, and others.

Los Angeles (L.A.) is one of the great music centers of America, with a vast pool of outstanding jazz musicians and singers. The Dave Brubeck Redux album is the first of a projected series of audiophile L.A. Network recordings which will be performed by various musicians and released in high-resolution download formats including Stereo DSD at NativeDSD.

The L.A. Network
Josh Nelson – Piano, Arranger
Alex Frank – Bass
Ryan Shaw – Drums

PLEASE NOTE
The audio samples below are from the digital DSD version of this album. Please refer to the image of the back cover above for the correct song order of the Double Vinyl.

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Bucky Pizzarelli was a legendary Jazz Guitarist.  He was the father of Jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staff member for Dick Cavett (1971) and for ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians he collaborated with includes Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Stéphane Grappelli, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. Pizzarelli cited as influences Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps.

Bucky Pizzarelli: The Early Years is a double album that features two of his earliest albums Green Guitar Blues (Tracks 1-9) and The Cafe Pierre Trio (Tracks 10-18) with a fine collection of standards.  The album features Tangerine by Johnny Mercer, Satin Doll by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Johnny Mercer, Cry Me A River and Girl Talk by Neal Hefti and Bobby Troup, I Don’t Know How To Love Him by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life by Michel Legrand and Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Dreamsville by Henry Mancini, The Summer Knows (Theme From Summer of ’42) by Marilyn and Alan Bergman, and many more.

Bucky Pizzarelli – Guitar

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Martin Vatter has developed the ability of merging his soul with that of his instrument. So it’s no wonder that his music reflects both his passion for the piano and his highly individualistic nature. His entire personality is directly translated into an expressive, powerful,  sensitive and sensual style of playing. The elements of his music are just as diversified as the broad spectrum of the soul.

Described as neo-romantic piano music with many elements of classical piano music and with audible influences from Keith Jarrett and Ludovico Einaudi, this is sophisticated, virtuoso piano music that is a cross between classical music and jazz.

This audiophile high end recording was done with nearly the same recording-situation and with the same and original Neumann Microphones like the famous recordings from Oscar Peterson and Friedrich Gulda in the 1970s and 1980s.

This album is an emotional, passionate and profound tribute to my homeland. Yet I do not want to speak just for myself with my music. Every person has a homeland and connects with it very personal memories and feelings. Unfortunately a lot of people cannot live in their homeland or return to it at any time without any danger. The present floods of refugees speak for themselves. With regard to current events, I dedicate my compositions “Forced to Flee My Homeland” and “Your Tears Will Dry” to all refugees, who had to or still have to leave their homelands for various reasons.

Martin Vatter, Piano 

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Audiophile Hi-Res System Test is a must for every audiophile. This album is of particular interest for audiophiles and for anyone wishing to calibrate their precious sound system and speaker placement.

This is a great Setup and Test recording from 2xHD Mastering, packed with expertly chosen music cuts, test tones, instrument resonances, stage perspectives, noises and a system burn-in track, in DSD, to help properly set up and enhance your system.

It is a must have tool to help tweak your system for maximum performance. Also includes over 57 minutes of audiophile music.

Arne Domnerus, Bengt Hallberg, Egil Johansen, Georg Riedel & Lars Erstrand (Track 2)
Forestare Ensemble (Track 3)
Holly Cole (Track 5)
Yael Brandeis, Narrator

Note: Have you already purchased this album in the past, but want the newly re-mastered versions directly from the DXD edit master? Simply locate the album in your NativeDSD Downloader, download the tracks again, and enjoy!

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Piano Piano Piano is a collection dedicated to recordings by Famous Jazz Pianists. Featuring 18 songs with over 90 minutes of music, the album travels through periods and different styles. Ranging from famed Jazz Stars like Bill Evans, Monty Alexander, Bob James, Hank Jones, Les McCann, Teddy Wilson and Dick Hyman.  The album also includes a song performed by pianist Martin Vatter which will be part of a future release at NativeDSD.

Exclusively Available at NativeDSD in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 64 and DXD from the DXD 24 bit Edit Master Source. 

The selections on the album from the catalogs of Jazzology Records, Resonance Records, Storyville Records and others were transferred from Stereo Analog Tape to 24 Bit DXD by Rene Laflamme at 2xHD Mastering. This is a rare and complete collection that 2xHD was thrilled to assemble.

The L.A. Network (Track 1)
Dick Hyman (Track 2)
Bill Evans (Tracks 3, 5, 15)
Monty Alexander (Track 4)
Martin Vatter (Track 6)
Piltich & Davis (Track 7)
Hank Jones (Track 8)
Dorothy Donegan (Track 9)
Les McCann (Track 10)
Teddy Wilson Trio (Tracks 11, 14)
Derek Smith (Tracks 12, 17)
Sir Roland Hanna (Track 13)
Bob James (Track 16)
Tamir Hendelman (Track 18)

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